After a year in detention, rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been formally indicted on charges of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “causing a disturbance and provoking trouble.” Two other charges against him, “inciting separatism” and “illegally obtaining personal information,” have been dropped, but he still faces up to eight years in prison.
The charges against Pu appear to stem from about 30 messages he posted on Weibo, which were critical